re: #112 sliv_the_eli

Agreed. And you can tell the difference between the rational and the irrational people on the subject as follows:

1. A person is rational if, regardless of whether he/she supports or opposes the construction of an Islamic center in relative proximity to the WTC, he/she accepts that the owners of the property have an absolute right to build such a center and that it is only proper to debate whether building such a center is nevertheless the right thing to do in light of historical events.

2. A person is irrational if he opposes the construction of an Islamic center in relative proximity to the WTC because of antipathy towards all Muslims (or, alternatively, toward the notion that the United States is or should be anything other than a white Chrisitian nation) or solely for political gain. Likewise a person is irrational if he supports the construction of the Cordoba House project (or even only the right to build the project) and automatically believes any person falling in category 1, above, to be a bigot.

No… if she/she does not support support the building of the mosque, he/she is irrational, no matter what.